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December 2011

Estimating an energy consumer price index from establishment survey data

Janice Lent

Residential price and consumption estimates from the Energy Information Administration's establishment surveys can be used to estimate a consumer price index for energy at national and state levels; at the national level, the index is comparable to the energy component of the BLs Chained CPI and is more timely.

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